FoodShare Greenville:Rx – A Comprehensive Healthy Eating Prescription Program

FoodShare Greenville:Rx – A Comprehensive Healthy Eating Prescription Program, Greenville, S.C.

• Sponsoring Organization: Mill Village Ministries
• City/State: Greenville, S.C.
• Grant Program: Emerging Leader
• Grant Amount: $15,000

Leader Profile:

Morgan Wilson lives in Greenville, S.C., and has a heart for educating and enriching her surrounding community. She has worked and volunteered for food access and distribution nonprofit organizations across Georgia and South Carolina. Her faith and background in ministry deeply support her approach to community development and believes in pursuing intentional relationships with the people that she serves. Wilson has worked at Mill Village Ministries since January 2021 and looks forward to continuing to advocate for Greenville residents in under-resourced neighborhoods. She received a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication from Georgia College, Milledgeville, Ga., in 2019 and worked in college ministry for two years after graduation.

Project Summary:

FoodShare Greenville connects families and communities to fresh fruits and vegetables through bi-weekly fresh food boxes, currently distributed to an average of 900 families every other week. The We Raise grant will help fund FoodShare Greenville’s FoodRX program and enable them to significantly expand the FoodRX program to equip healthcare and community partners with vouchers to prescribe healthy food boxes as preventative medicine to residents experiencing food insecurity and lead health education programming for FoodShare Greenville customers.